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• Wanted to Start on a Steep Hill? We had a Tool for that: it was Called "Flooring the Gas while letting go off the Clutch"
IT AIN'T NO GOOD MORNIN' WITHOUT THE SMELL OF NICELY BURNED CLUTCH
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I was going to say, I always had my e-brake on when I parked my car and so I always started the car with it on.
Does he mean slowly let off the clutch while releasing the e-brake? Does he put on his e-brake if he stops on a hill, in traffic too!
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I've had to use the ebrake method before for a hill that was wayyyy too steep and a fence gate closed behind me.
You basically just let off the clutch and press on the gas until the car wants to move forward, then you let off the e brake and go without going backwards.
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That's when you are supposed to use Mr_Mofu's technique!
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that's mr mr.mofu to you, kind sir.
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There are some steep stop sign intersections in San Francisco that I've had to use the e brake for.
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Seattle, too. VW Vanagon Westphalia with the kitchenette and poptop. Heavy, gutless, and steep roads are a tricky combo.
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If you're on a steep hill, yes sometimes you need to use the handbrake to get moving. This had to be demonstrated when I got my licence, but to be fair some manual vehicles now have automatic hill start. Still a good technique to learn because it doesn't always activate.
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We'd park my buddies Mustang on a hill wherever we went in case it wouldn't start. LOL, everyone made fun of him saying it was a Pinto. (<- it was this, but really, really shitty)
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Ah the Mustang II. What a historically bad letdown.
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